{"id":8134,"date":"2020-01-01T09:26:16","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T07:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canevasfolies.ch\/blog\/?p=8134"},"modified":"2020-01-01T10:26:42","modified_gmt":"2020-01-01T08:26:42","slug":"a-bird-for-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canevasfolies.ch\/beta\/a-bird-for-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"A Bird for Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; transparent_background=&#8221;off&#8221; allow_player_pause=&#8221;off&#8221; inner_shadow=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;off&#8221; padding_mobile=&#8221;off&#8221; make_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;off&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;on&#8221; make_equal=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;off&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#ffe8cc&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.65&#8243;]\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><b>A Bird for Christmas<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<h4><\/h4>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image admin_label=&#8221;dessin fini&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.65&#8243; src=&#8221;https:\/\/canevasfolies.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/oiseau-fini-petit.jpg&#8221; show_in_lightbox=&#8221;on&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;off&#8221; use_overlay=&#8221;off&#8221; sticky=&#8221;off&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; always_center_on_mobile=&#8221;on&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; force_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; animation=&#8221;off&#8221; \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; 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Silk<\/strong> (100m)<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #339966;\">1 Silk Ribbon 4mm<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #339966;\">I also used a\u00a0\u00a0bobbin of golden Metallic braided n\u00b0 8 Thread and some Stranded cotton DMC red.<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243;][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.65&#8243;]\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Wings &#8211;\u00a0 part\u00a01<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; 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